Synonyms and antonyms of Years and numbers of years in British Thesaurus

00s (mainly journalism)

mainly journalism the years beginning 2000

academic year (noun)

the time during the year when there is teaching at schools, colleges, and universities

AD (abbreviation)

used after a date to show that it refers to a time after the birth of Jesus Christ

annual (adjective)

happening once a year

annual (adjective)

calculated or considered over a period of one year

aughties (noun)

American the years from 2000 to 2009

b. (abbreviation)

born: used before the date of someone’s birth in a book, article etc

BC (abbreviation)

before Christ: used after a date to show that it refers to a time before the birth of Jesus Christ

BCE (abbreviation)

before the Common Era: used especially by non-Christians after a date to show that it refers to a time before the birth of Jesus Christ

biannual (adjective)

happening twice every year

c (abbreviation)

century

calendar (noun)

a system for measuring the length of a year and dividing it into periods such as weeks and months

calendar year (noun)

the period of time between 1st January and 31st December of a particular year

CE (abbreviation)

Common Era: a method of numbering years which refers to the period of time that began after the birth of Jesus Christ

centuries (noun)

any period of 100 years

centuries (noun)

hundreds of years

century (noun)

a period of 100 years, usually counted from a year ending in –00. For example, the 20th century is the period from 1900 to 1999

Common Era (noun)

a method of numbering years which refers to the period of time that began after the birth of Jesus Christ

decade (noun)

a period of ten years, especially one beginning with a year that ends in a 0, for example 1990 to 1999

eighties (noun)

the years from 1980 to 1989

the fifties ()

the years from 1950 to 1959

financial year (noun)

British a period of twelve months that a company or organization uses to calculate how much profit it has made and how much it owes. The American word is fiscal year.

fiscal year (noun)

mainly American a financial year

the forties ()

the years from 1940 to 1949

the Gregorian calendar (noun)

the system used in many countries for organizing the days of the year into months

half-yearly (adjective)

done or happening twice a year

leap year (noun)

a year that has 366 days instead of 365. Leap years happen every four years, when February has 29 days instead of 28.

light year (noun)

astronomy the distance that light travels in a year, used as a unit for measuring distances in space

the middle 1950s/1980s etc ()

the years around 1955/1985 etc

millennial (adjective)

relating to a millennium

millennium (noun)

the beginning of a period of 1,000 years

the millennium (noun)

a period of 1,000 years

the nineties ()

the years from 1990 to 1999

noughties (noun)

humorous the years from 2000 to 2009

per annum (adverb)

formal for each year

quarter (noun)

one of four periods of three months that the year is divided into, especially when you are talking about financial accounts

quarterly (adjective)

done or produced four times a year

school year (noun)

the period of the year when students must go to school

session (noun)

American an academic year

the seventies ()

the years from 1970 to 1979

the sixties ()

the years from 1960 to 1969

summer (noun)

literary a year, especially of someone’s age

to the day ()

used for saying that something happened on the same day in a different year

twelvemonth (noun)

an old word meaning a ‘year’

year (noun)

a period of 365 days, or 366 in a leap year, divided into 12 months

year (noun)

used about a particular period of time, beginning on 1 January and ending on 31 December, or between the first and last dates on some other calendar

year (noun)

used about the period during which an institution operates, or about the system that it uses for dividing time

yearlong (adjective)

continuing for a year

yearly (adjective)

done once every year

year-round (adjective)

happening, continuing, or available through the whole year

yr (abbreviation)

year

yrs (abbreviation)

years